Thomas Ball (sculptor)
Thomas Ball (born June 3, 1819 in Charleston , Massachusetts , † December 11, 1911 ) was an American sculptor .
He initially devoted himself to painting and especially portraits, then to sculpture. For this purpose he went to Italy , where he trained as a student of his compatriot Hiram Powers from 1854 to 1856 in this art.
Returning to America, he created the bronze equestrian statue of Washington for Boston .
In 1865 he settled in Florence and began a versatile activity in monumental portrait statues, allegorical and genre works and busts, which are of a lively, often graceful conception and thorough development. His main works are the colossal marble statue of the actor Forrest as Coriolan , the Black Liberation Monument for Washington DC ( Abraham Lincoln removing the chains from a slave ), a funerary monument for Boston and the ideal statue of Eve .
Jonas Chickering Monument (1872), Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Emancipation Memorial (1875), Lincoln Park, Washington DC
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| SURNAME | Ball, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1911 |